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SOM transforms ageing brick buildings into Chicago's West Loop Branch library
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has converted buildings in a former industrial district into a public library in Chicago, where original brick walls and bow trusses are on full...
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Women-focused co-working club The Wing opens The Little Wing children's playroom
The Wing, a co-working club designed for women, has created a "chic oasis" at its location in New York's Soho for members to leave their children while they work. Newly opened, The Little Wing at the...
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Bentel Brothers design red glasses as "squiggle for your face"
New York-based designer Nikolas Bentel and his brother Lukas took cues from Instagram face filters when creating these undulated red glasses. The Squiggle Glasses are shaped like a thin wavy line,...
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AIA selects best buildings by American architects in 2019 Honor Awards
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of its 2019 Honor Awards, which include David Adjaye's African American history museum, a preserved university building in Virginia,...
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Sebastian Errazuriz exhibition at New York's R & Company features taxidermy...
A crystal chandelier tangled with 100 colourful stuffed birds and an unfurling wooden cabinet are among a series of new works that artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz is showing in New York. New...
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Hem opens LA showroom with "supersized confetti" installation
Swedish furniture brand Hem has opened its first permanent US showroom in Los Angeles, featuring a courtyard decorated with colourful graphics that resemble confetti. Hem opened the showroom in...
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10 important architectural sites in Super Bowl 2019 host city Atlanta
Atlanta is gearing up to host the 53rd Super Bowl this weekend, so we've put together a guide to the Southern US city's most interesting buildings in case American football isn't your thing. High...
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Donut Pipes by John Quick are designed for smoking cannabis
College graduate John Quick has created a collection of donut-shaped pipes, with ceramic glazes to resemble frosting, for smoking marijuana. The collection of Donut Pipes is hand-made by fine-arts...
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Striated blue-teal aluminium walls wrap Jack Erwin flagship in New York
Reception desks, carpets and mid-century furniture found in Midtown Manhattan lobbies informed the design of menswear brand Jack Erwin's flagship store in New York. Jack Erwin and architecture studio...
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Foster completes "revitalisation" of Florida's Norton Museum of Art
The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, is reopening following an overhaul by Foster + Partners, featuring a roof that curves around an old tree and a botanical garden for sculptures....
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Studio Gang unveils redesign of Memphis waterfront Tom Lee Park
US architecture firm Studio Gang has revealed plans to overhaul a park on Memphis' Mississippi River, which include building a plant-covered viewing tower, bulbous stoney structures, and a gridded...
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Studio Tack melds art deco and wabi-sabi aesthetic at Tilden Hotel
Brooklyn design firm Studio Tack has revived an art-deco landmark in San Francisco's emerging Tenderloin district, creating the art-forward Tilden Hotel. Studio Tack co-founders Stephen Yang and Brian...
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Watch the Super Bowl 2019 stadium roof close "like a camera aperture"
This time-lapse footage shows the petals atop Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is hosting the 53rd Super Bowl game today, slide past each other to cover the American football pitch below. The...
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Shubin Donaldson wraps wooden screens around Skyline Residence in Santa Barbara
Stacked volumes made of steel, concrete, wood and glass form this family home in California, which architecture firm Shubin Donaldson created for an industrial designer. Los Angeles-based firm Shubin...
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Yield's Architect Candle Collection includes Frank Lloyd Wright scent
A scent based on architect Frank Lloyd Wright can waft through your spaces thanks to this collection of candles and incense sticks, created by Florida design studio Yield. The Architect Candle...
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Vintage Airstream becomes mobile office for Silicon Valley entrepreneur
California firm Edmonds + Lee Architects has converted a 1960s travel trailer into an office and crash pad for an on-the-go tech entrepreneur who enjoys spending time in nature. Named after the German...
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BIG proposes gondola for its Oakland A's ballpark redesign
BIG has unveiled an expansive cable-car system with two transit hubs to be built in Oakland, as part of the architecture studio's plans for a new baseball stadium in the California city. The gondola is...
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Klopf Architecture updates mid-century Eichler home in Silicon Valley
American studio Klopf Architecture has overhauled a low-slung, plywood-clad home in northern California, which was built by visionary developer Joseph Eichler following the second world war. The...
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MoMA to close during summer 2019 to complete expansion work
New York's Museum of Modern Art will close over the summer in order to complete its Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed overhaul, then fully re-open four months later. The museum's galleries will close...
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Apple's head of retail Angela Ahrendts to step down
Angela Ahrendts, the "transformative force" behind Apple Store designs, will leave her position at the tech company this spring. Ahrendts will leave her role as Apple's senior vice president of retail...
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